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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

This is a simple double crochet beanie hat with ear flaps. This hat is worked in a continuous spiral so there is no seam. This hat can be a regular beanie or add optional ear flaps.

Seamless Crochet Ear Flap Hat

This pattern is written in US crochet terms. I used worsted weight yarn and a size H crochet hook. You will also need a measuring tape or ruler, scissors and a yarn needle to hide your ends. You will need about 3 ounces of yarn

Notes: Think of this
hat in 2 parts (3 parts if you are adding ear flaps). Part 1 is the
crown or top of the hat, part 2 is the sides, and optional part 3 is
the ear flaps. The crown is a flat disc or slightly cupping disc.
With each round the disc will grow wider and wider. Once the crown
is as wide as you need it for the size you are making, then you will
skip to part 2, the sides of the hat. Part 2 is just 1dc in each st.
Continue with part 2 until the hat is as long as you like. For a
beanie you will want the hat to hit you around the earlobes or make
it longer for a slouchy style or if you will roll the brim up. For
an ear flap hat you will want to make your beanie a bit shorter,
having it end near the middle of the ear. If you make your ear flap
hat too long is will fall over the eyes.

Part 1

The crown of
the hat (this will be a flat or slightly cupping disc)

Begin with a magic
loop

Work 1 sc
(mark this stitch), 1 hdc, 10 dc into the magic loop (working over
the loop and the short tail). Pull the short tail to tighten the
magic loop (12 stitches)

Work 2 dc in
each st around (be sure to move the stitch marker from the last
round to the first dc of the new round for every round) (24
stitches)

*Work 2 dc in
the next st, then 1 dc in the next st, repeat from * around 11 more
times (36 st)

*Work 2 dc in
the next st, then 1 dc in the next 2 st, repeat from * around 11
more times (48 st)

*Work 2 dc in
the next st, then 1 dc in the next 3 st, repeat from * around 11
more times (60 st)

*Work 2 dc in
the next st, then 1 dc in the next 4 st, repeat from * around 11
more times (72 st)

Can you see how
this pattern continues? You will always increase by 12 stitches on
each round.

The next row would
be

*Work 2 dc in
the next st, then 1 dc in the next 5 st, repeat from * around 11
more times (84)

Continue until your
disc is large enough. Below is a guideline but you can make the
crown any size that you want. You do not have to finish a round,
you can stop at any point once your disc is the appropriate size.
Keep in mind that tightly crocheted hats will have less stretch and
loosely crocheted hats will have more give to them

Diameter of hat
crown (inches)

Baby : 4-5 inches

Toddler : 5-6
inches

Teen/Adult : 6-7
inches

Part 2

The sides of
the hat

Once the crown is
the appropriate size you will continue working dc in a spiraling
fashion. Using a stitch marker is no longer needed. You will no
longer be increasing and instead of the disc growing wide and wider
the disc will begin to cup and the sides of the hat will be formed.

1 dc in the
next st and in each stith around until the hat is as long as you
like.

Once the hat
is as long as you like you will need to taper down and fasten off.
To do that you will work 1 hdc in the next 3 st, then 1 sc in the
next 3 st, then 1 sl st in the next st, fasten off

Part 3

The ear flaps (optional)

Turn the hat so that
the tapering decrease at the end of Part 2 is at the center back,
this will help make it less noticeable. You will want to make the
location of the earflaps. You can put the hat and make where the ear
flaps would need to be to cover the ears, or if that is not possible
you will need to estimate. The ear flaps should be slightly set back
from center, as this is how your ears are slightly set back.

Join the yarn
on at the mark where the ear flap starts. To join on you will pinch
the new yarn with a spare finger onto the backside of your work (the
inside of the hat), insert your hook into the appropriate stitch on
the hat, pick up the yarn and pull it through the stitch. Ch 1 and
pull on the short tail to snug that ch down and help hold the new
yarn on. You will need to continue to hold the yarn on the backside
of your work for several stitches until it is secure.

Ch 1,
starting in the stitch that you joined the yarn on to, dc2tog, dc in
the next 6 st, dc2tog over the next 2 st, ch 1 turn your work

To do dc2tog: yo,
insert your hook, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2
loops on your hook, yo, insert your hook into the next st, yo and
pull up a loop, yo through 2 loops, yo and pull through all 3
loops on your hook

dc2tog, dc in
the next 6 st, dc2tog over the next 2 st, ch 1 turn

dc2tog, dc in
the next 4 st, dc2tog over the next 2 st, ch 1 turn

dc2tog, dc in
the next 2 st, dc2tog over the next 2 st, ch 1 turn

dc2tog twice,
fasten off

To finish: work a
border of sc, work 1 sc into each stitch along the bottom edge of the
hat and work 1-2 sc into the sides of each row of the ear flaps.
More or less stitches may be needed for the sc border to lay flat and
look smooth. Hide all the ends of the yarn with a tapestry or yarn
needle. Add any embelishements you like such as pom pom, tassels or
braids to the ear flaps and/or a pom pom to the top of the hat.

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

These mittens are very similar to the Spiral Baby Mittens only worked in a single color.
This pattern is written in US crochet terms. I used acrylic worsted weight yard and a size H crochet hook. You will only need a small amount, about 2 ounces total

Ch 4, working into the top loop only, 2 sc in 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc in top loop of next ch, 2 sc in top loop of next ch\

Turn your work upside down, working into the other loop of the foundation chain, 2 sc in the other loop of the st you just worked into, 1 sc into the other loop of the next st, 2 sc in the other loop of the last st

Now you will be working under both loops on each stitch as usual. You will not join round with a sl st and you will not turn your work. Place 2 sc in the first sc (this will count as your first increase on this short end, the 2nd increase will occur once you have gone all the way around), then 1 sc in each of the next 3 stitches down the long side, 2 sc in the next 2 sc (here are the 2 increases for this short end), 1 sc in each sc going down the long side

Continue spiraling around, increasing by 2 stitches on the short ends, until you have 20 stitches around You will end with just 1 increase (the first increase was already completed at the beginning of that round)

Once you have 20 st you will not longer be increasing on the short ends. Place 1 sc in each stitch. Continue spiraling until the mitten measures 3 inches long (for 0-6 month size) or 3.5 inches (6-12 month size)

Next you will work one row of eyelets to lace the drawstring through. To make this row you will *ch 1, skip 1 st, 1 hdc in next st, repeat from * around until you have 10 holes. The 1st and 10th hole will end up on different rows, this is expected and the nature of spiral crochet. Once the drawstring is in it will not be noticeable.

Work 2 sc into the ch 1 space.

Now continue sc in each st for 3-4 more rows to make a cuff. Add an increase to the short ends of each row of the cuff to flare it out a little, making it easier to get onto baby's hand.

Once the cuff is as long as you like, fasten off by working a final sl st into the mitten and fasten off Weave in ends.

For the drawstring: Ch 60 (or as long as you like), fasten off. Tie an overhand knot at each end, weave through the eyelets and tie a bow

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